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King of Ragtime : Scott Joplin and His Era 🔍
Edward A. Berlin Oxford University Press, USA, 0, 1994
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In 1974, the academy award-winning film __The Sting__ brought back the music of Scott Joplin, a black ragtime composer who died in 1917. Led by __The Entertainer__, one of the most popular pieces of the mid-1970s, a revival of his music resulted in events unprecedented in American musical history. Never before had any composer's music been so acclaimed by both the popular and classical music worlds. While reaching a "Top Ten" position in the pop charts, Joplin's music was also being performed in classical recitals and setting new heights for sales of classical records. His opera __Treemonisha__ was performed both in opera houses and on Broadway. Destined to be the definitive work on the man and his music, __King of Ragtime__ is written by Edward A. Berlin. A renowned authority on Joplin and the author of the acclaimed and widely cited __Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History__, Berlin redefines the Scott Joplin biography. Using the tools of a trained musicologist, he has uncovered a vast amount of new information about Joplin. His biography truly documents the story of the composer, replacing the myths and unsupported anecdotes of previous histories. He shows how Joplin's opera __Treemonisha__ was a tribute to the woman he loved, a woman other biographers never even mentioned. Berlin also reveals that Joplin was an associate of Irving Berlin, and that he accused Berlin of stealing his music to compose __Alexander's Ragtime Band__ in 1911. Berlin paints a vivid picture of the ragtime years, placing Scott Joplin's story in its historical context. The composer emerges as a representative of the first post-Civil War generation of African Americans, of the men and women who found in the world of entertainment a way out of poverty and lowly social status. __King of Ragtime__ recreates the excitement of these pioneers, who dreamed of greatness as they sought to expand the limits society placed upon their race.
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Berlin, Edward A.
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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IRL Press at Oxford University Press
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Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
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German Historical Institute London
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Oxford University Press USA, New York, 1994
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United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom
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New York, New York State, 1994
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Second printing, US, 1994
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First Edition, 1994
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New York, 1995
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1996
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"Alphabetical listing of the works of Scott Joplin": p. 260-268.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-327), music, and index.
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When it was first published in 1994, King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and his Era was widely heralded not only as the most thorough investigation of Scott Joplin's life and music, but also as a gripping read, almost a detective story. This new and expanded edition-more than a third larger than the first-goes far beyond the original publication in uncovering new details of the composer's life and insights into his music. It explores Joplin's early, pre-ragtime career as a quartet singer, a period of his life that was previously unknown. The book also surveys the nature of ragtime before Joplin entered the ragtime scene and how he changed the style. Author Edward A. Berlin offers insightful commentary on each of all of Joplin's works, showing his influence on other ragtime and non-ragtime composers. He traces too Joplin's continued music studies late in life, and how these reflect his dedication to education and probably account for the radical changes that occur in his last few rags. And he puts new emphasis on Joplin's efforts in musical theater, bringing in early versions of his Ragtime Dance and its precedents. Joplin's wife Freddie is shown to be a major inspiration to his opera Treemonisha, with her family background and values being reflected in that work. Joplin's reputation faded in the 1920s-30s, but interest in his music slowly re-emerged in the 1940s and gradually built toward a spectacular revival in the 1970s, when major battles ensued for possession of rights.
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The Story Of The Popular, Critically Acclaimed Music Of Scott Joplin Shares A Definitive Portrait Of A Man Who Was Part Of The First Post-civil War Generation Of African-american Pioneers Who Escaped Poverty And Low Social Status Through Entertainment. The Early Years, 1868-1893 -- Sedalia, The Cradle Of Classic Ragtime -- Scott Joplin In Sedalia, 1894-1898 -- The Maple Leaf Rag, 1899-1900 -- The Ragtime Dance, 1899-1901 -- The King Of Ragtime Writers, 1901-1902 -- A Guest Of Honor, 1903 -- Freddie, 1904 -- Final Days In The Midwest, 1905-1907 -- New York, 1907-1910 -- Treemonisha, 1910-1911 -- The Elusive Production, 1911-1917 -- The Legacy Of Scott Joplin. Edward A. Berlin. Includes List Of Works, Bibliographical References And Index.
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Scott Joplin was the first published composer of ragtime - a unique form of American music. This biography tells the story of his success and puts his life and music in its historical context with the aid of rare photographs and musical excerpts.
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This volume tells the story of the life and works of Scott Joplinches In its expanded second edition, the book goes far beyond the original publication in uncovering details of the composer's life and insights into his music.
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